"Langrel, a particular kind of shot, formed of bolts, nails, bars, or other pieces of iron tied together, and forming a sort of cylinder, which corresponds with the bore of the cannon, from which it is discharged, in order to wound or carry away the masts, or tear the sails and rigging of the adversary, so as to disable him from flight or pursuit. It is seldom used but by privateers and merchantmen."—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 214